MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517058977 A) filed by Neste Oyj, Espoo, Finland, on June 19, for 'methods and systems for harvesting a biomass containing algal cells.'

Inventor(s) include Churn, Cecil Calvert III; Still, Cecilia Alexandra; and Kanel, Jeffrey Scott.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for harvesting a biomass containing algal cells. The methods include obtaining a stream containing an algal growth medium, algal cells and/or prokaryotes from an algal aquaculture, treating the stream by reducing o...